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Data from: Yield and profit comparison of diversified versus conventional crop rotation systems in South Dakota

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

Diversified crop rotations with no-till management are considered fundamental to sustainable agroecosystems; however, associated uncertainty in economic returns may hinder farmers’ decisions to adopt these practices. The research objectives were to evaluate data from a long-term crop rotation experiment to compare economic performance (gross revenue, net revenue, and production cost) among various low-input diversified versus conventional crop rotations. The experiment was initiated in the fall of 2000 with winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) planting and planting of remaining crops in the spring of 2001 near Brookings, SD. Economic analysis was performed from data collected during the fifth complete 4-year crop rotational cycle (2017–2020) of six crop rotations: (1) 4-year corn (Zea mays L.)-soybean [Glycine max L. (Merr.)]-spring wheat-sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) (CSSwSf), (2) 4 year corn-soybean-spring wheat-pea (Pisum sativum L.) (CSSwP), (3) 4-year corn-pea-winter wheat-soybean (CPWwS), (4) 4-year corn-oat (Avena sativa L.)-winter wheat-soybean (COWwS), (5) 2-year corn-soybean (CS), and (6) continuous corn (CCC, treatment initiated in 2017). Corn yield in CSSwP rotation, where corn followed peas, was higher (p < 0.05) by 20%, 25%, 45%, and 89%, compared to CPWwS, CSSwSf, CS, and CCC rotations, respectively. Similarly, soybean yield following winter wheat was significantly higher by 16%–38% in COWwS and 13%–38% in CPWwS compared to CSSwP, CSSwSf, and CS. Overall, diversified crop rotations improved both corn and soybean yield and net revenue compared to 2-year CS and monoculture CCC rotations. Moreover, 4-year diversified systems, specifically COWwS, CPWwS, and CSSwP, demonstrated economic resilience by maintaining stable production costs.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Metadata Created Date November 2, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

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Harvested from USDA JSON

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 2, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/27207915.v1
Data Last Modified 2024-10-11
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 005:18
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Object Id a30f3456-5b40-4130-8096-727e7b37e63c
Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Program Code 005:040
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 73f042a609b249775a73be0937fac8b14062da4506a798374c99073f94d7aebc
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 2017-09-01/2020-10-31

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